Patents by Inventor Gordon Campbell Short

Gordon Campbell Short has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PIPELINE MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110095752
    Abstract: A pipeline inspection vehicle comprises a main body (10) driven through a pipeline by fluid flow against resilient cups (12). Resilient fingers (20) carry a circumferential array of magnetic proximity sensors for sensing the spacing between each sensor and the metal of the pipeline wall. Wheels (18) biased into engagement with the pipeline wall provide one form of distance measurement. The vehicle has on-board data storage by way of a memory housed within a pressure vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Gordon Campbell Short, William Stanley Watson, Peter James Allen, John Ferris Burd
  • Method of deriving data
    Publication number: 20040261547
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for detecting a physical condition in a pipeline. In one aspect, there is provided a method of detecting a physical condition in a pipeline by obtaining vibration data from the pipeline which is representative of the physical condition. In one embodiment, physical condition is any corrosion in the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: David Alexander Russell, Gordon Campbell Short